Quezon City, Philippines - The office of Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, in cooperation with the House Committees on Information and Communications Technology and on Trade and Industry, is sponsoring a week-long exhibit of free/open source software (FOSS) at the North Wing Lobby of the House of Representatives from Sept. 15-18.
"In this exhibit, we would like to show the public a different world. One where no software piracy exists," said Rep. Casiño, referring to one aspect of FOSS which allows users to modify, copy and give away software without being sanctioned for violating software licenses and patents.
Casiño is the principal author of House Bill No. 1716 (The FOSS Act), which is meant to encourage the use and development of FOSS in the country. The proposed bill mandates the use of FOSS in all government agencies except in special circumstances where there is no choice available but proprietary software.
The militant lawmaker said FOSS equivalents for such expensive programs like Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office are readily available and downloadable for free over the internet.
"The era of expensive software with oppressive license and patent restrictions is over. We are now entering a world where software itself is free and users pay only for the services of creating or modifying such software," Casiño said.
Under the FOSS business model, companies make money not by selling copies of their software but by creating, customizing and maintaining such products for specific users who are free to modify, copy or redistribute the software subject to very liberal copyright terms (what is now known as "copyleft").
"In such a model, there would be no motive to 'pirate' software because everyone can copy and give away software to anyone. Instead, what will be encouraged will be the growth of companies who can modify, customize and maintain software and computer systems depending on a client's needs," Casiño said.
"If HB 1716 becomes a law, we expect government savings of anywhere from 15-30% of its current spending on computer software and licenses," stressed Casiño. "Also, we will do away with software piracy, which is a major headache for government," he added.
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